Now I'm Angry!!!

@Sunirose, before submitting any term papers or doing any presentations, have you had your sims edit their term papers or organize their presentations? Plus a little thing I discovered, if you hover over either the menu option of editing term paper or on the presentation board, it will tell you if it's poor, normal, excellent or outstanding. (see below) I too had my first sim do poorly in his first term, it wasn't until I played my second sim when I discovered how to tell how well her term papers or presentations were. Once I learned of this, she has done much better in her classes.
https://i.imgur.com/12NtU1L.png

Mamajanaynay, Oh my gosh, thanks for pointing that out. For the record, I'm a micro manager and had my sims edit their projects several times. Yet I didn't know if you hover over the project options it would tell you what the quality of the project is. I'll try another semester and see what the results are. I'll give an update when I've reached that point. Thank you for your insight.

Have you checked in with the professors during office hours? I think that's also part of the grade or attendance or general performance that helps.

"darrenfroggy;c-17326920" wrote:
Have you checked in with the professors during office hours? I think that's also part of the grade or attendance or general performance that helps.

I've done that on occasion, but I didn't know it actually affects your grades?

Furthermore, if it is all random, then what's the point in even trying in the first place? If it is random, I won't have any desire whatsoever to play University. Although, I was stupid enough to buy it.

I'm still p i s s e d !!!! My two smartest sims flunked college. GRRRRRRR W T F :(

"Sunirose;d-969547" wrote:
I have 2 sims in University. They didn't miss one class, did all of their homework and all projects completed! What's more is they are both maxed in all skills! ALL SKILLS!!! AND NOW THEY ARE BOTH ON PROBATION FOR GETTING F'S IN THEIR GRADES! WHAT plum IS THIS??? So, no matter how hard you try, the outcome of your grades are all random? Can EA Sims 4 devs ever do anything right??? :( :( :( :( :(

Sorry for this problem. But one small question out of curiosity: Why on earth would any sim with all skills maxed out attend University? I assume they go there to learn those skills. Your sims probably outdid all the professors, I can't imagine them having full score on ALL skills :)

I also suspect the grade to reflect how much your sims built their skills *during* the term. I might be wrong though, but I can't think of any other explanation...

"Simmerville;c-17326937" wrote:

"Sunirose;d-969547" wrote:
I have 2 sims in University. They didn't miss one class, did all of their homework and all projects completed! What's more is they are both maxed in all skills! ALL SKILLS!!! AND NOW THEY ARE BOTH ON PROBATION FOR GETTING F'S IN THEIR GRADES! WHAT plum IS THIS??? So, no matter how hard you try, the outcome of your grades are all random? Can EA Sims 4 devs ever do anything right??? :( :( :( :( :(

Sorry for this problem. But one small question out of curiosity: Why on earth would any sim with all skills maxed out attend University? I assume they go there to learn those skills. Your sims probably outdid all the professors, I can't imagine them having full score on ALL skills :)

I also suspect the grade to reflect how much your sims built their skills *during* the term. I might be wrong though, but I can't think of any other explanation...

Wait. Are you saying the whole point of University is to build skills?

If that's the case, then I didn't need to buy University because apparently my sims had everything they needed to build all their skills, no thanks to University. What was the point of buying University then? To spend $40 to buy that joke called a ping pong table, because EA didn't think it was worth spending a few extra dollars to invest in the animations for a pool table? Or those useless kegs that are good for nothing more than a theatrical prop that gets boring and useless really fast? What did University offer? Two new skills that have absolutely no bearing on added game play? No new sim interactions? Then there's the debate podium that when two sims use it together, there is no awareness of the other sim or their environment, but a mere theatrical ditty that gets really old really fast?

You said they did all of their assignments but you didn't say you actively completed the process. With the presentation you have to click on the presentation board during the proper hours and select "give presintation" and for the term paper select on the computer " turn in term paper". You probably did all of this but just in case.

Isn't the whole point of University to learn, gain knowledge and improve on your skills? If you have already maxed out all your skills what's the point of taking the class lol? You wouldn't take a Chemistry 101 class if you already know everything in chemistry and you have taken biochemistry, mechanical chemistry, and blah blah. University is called higher education because you want to further enrich your knowledge beyond the simple basics you learn in high school. :)

"Simlie20;c-17326970" wrote:
Isn't the whole point of University to learn, gain knowledge and improve on your skills? If you have already maxed out all your skills what's the point of taking the class lol? You wouldn't take a Chemistry 101 class if you already know everything in chemistry and you have taken biochemistry, mechanical chemistry, and blah blah. University is called higher education because you want to further enrich your knowledge beyond the simple basics you learn in high school. :)

I guess I was thinking University was more than a catalyst to build skills. I was hoping it really did improve the sim artificial intelligence, overall. But I was mistaken. Apparently, University is just another skill building avenue, added to a plethora of many others.